ABOUT:

Ire Omitowoju, an intern at the Kindred Hair and Skin Center and junior at River Hill High
School, conducted research to see if there was a relationship between a patient’s curl
pattern and their likelihood of alopecia. Hair samples of patients with various types of
alopecias and breakage were collected as part of Omitowoju’s research for the 2018-2019
school year.

VOCAB KEY:
FPHL- Female Pattern Hair Loss
CCCA- Central Centrifugal Cicatricial
Alopecia
Alopecia- Hair loss
Above from left to right are hair types 5,6,and
Trichorrhexis Nodosa- Breakage 7 which are the curl patterns included in the
data in the front.